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The student-run newspaper of McKinley High School

The Pinion

The student-run newspaper of McKinley High School

The Pinion

The name and  statue of President William McKinley has been a point of contention in the community.

Resolution To Rename School Fails In Committee

Shane Kaneshiro May 2, 2021

HAWAII HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM AWARDS 2022 - BEST IN STATE FOR NEWS A resolution to urge the Board of Education and the Superintendent to rename McKinley High School to Honolulu High School and...

The Pinion surveyed students and staff in April  and here are the results.

Failures and anxiety increase during online learning

Jerome Linear April 9, 2021

Students all over the country are continuing to fall behind as the school year nears its close. Students wanting to pass to the next grade or even grading will be very difficult.  Codon Teixeira, an...

Senior Jordan Sequin lives on aAbanana farm in Waiahole Valley and shared this photo of the flooding.

Oahu Business Owners Reflect on Unexpected Flood

Justin Nguyen, reporter April 8, 2021

During McKinley High School’s spring break, heavy rains approached the island of Oahu, destroying many areas. Locations such as the North Shore and Windward Oahu were impacted by the rains...

Traditional Lighting of the M burns brightly in the night after all the entertainment and events.

Homecoming Delayed But Saved

Althea Cunningham, reporter February 19, 2021

McKinley High School’s Homecoming event, usually held in October, was pushed to Feb. 26. because of the pandemic. The planning committee had to get really creative. The theme was Hollywood. To keep students...

Key Club meets during the pandemic.

Key Club perseveres through pandemic

Shane Kaneshiro January 30, 2021

Clubs at McKinley High School have been challenged during this pandemic. April Nakamura, student activities coordinator, said about half the clubs were lost this year. Last year, there were 26 clubs. However,...

McKinley community upset with Capitol riot

McKinley community upset with Capitol riot

Jerome Linear January 30, 2021

On Jan. 6, rioters stormed the United States Capitol over Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election. After running past multiple police, the rioters destroyed, stole, and vandalized many...

Pictured here is a timeline of bell schedule changes that were made this school year.

Third quarter schedule creates more office hour time

Justin Nguyen, reporter January 22, 2021

When students at McKinley High School came back to school after winter break for the third quarter, they were greeted by another new bell schedule. The bell schedule, proposed and agreed upon by a reopening...

Freshmen Prophet Aunu (left) and Erica Buquing  participate in a physical science class taught by Jared Winquist.

McKinley starts hybrid learning

Shane Kaneshiro December 5, 2020

HAWAII HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM AWARDS 2021 – SECOND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS McKinley High School’s students and teachers have been transitioning into a hybrid schedule since early in the second...

Kevin Knodell covers military issues for Civil Beat.  He said he enjoys traveling around the world, meeting new people, taking new opportunities, and getting multiple perspectives.

“You can see how things can be very different than other parts of the world but you can also see how a lot of things aren't so different,” Knodell said

Kevin Knodell contributes to Journalism Day

Althea Cunningham, reporter November 6, 2020

Kevin Knodell is a reporter for the Civil Beat, and he spoke to scholastic journalists during the Hawaii Scholastic Journalism Day, Saturday, October 17. All the sessions were held virtually on Google...

Senior Ocean Mao is trying to figure out how to do his job in JROTC while distance learning.

School year starts virtually

Althea Cunningham, reporter September 21, 2020

McKinley High School started the school year virtually and one week late due to the coronavirus. Teachers, students, and administrators have been affected by the distance learning schedule. As the coronavirus...

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